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Ever since the update to 157 I have been having issues when running firefox. Youtube is non functional on the browser. It is using a large amount of memory (consistently at 41-45% according to the task manager). Gmail takes a long time to load, in fact every page takes a long time to load if at all.

I run it in troubleshooting mode and functionality returns... I don't want to run firefox with all my extensions disabled they are there for a reason.

This update seems to be inherently unstable and is causing issues for lot's of folks.

So just to summarize, the update to 157 has not worked. It is using a disproportional amount of memory, that the previous version did not. It is causing my entire system to downgrade and run significantly slower. Pages will not load properly and I am now using a different browser as a work around.

Essentially it is a huge failure and I wish you would have tested more thoroughly. My experiences are not uncommon... You guys released a garbage upgrade to the browser that has catastrophically under performed.

I do not recollect any update in the past that functioned as poorly as this. Congratulations for completely screwing this up.

When will you guys get this working properly?

The new Firefox 157.0 update has broken pretty much every video streaming website. I've tried YouTube, Twitch, and Amazon Prime Video. In all cases, the same thing generally happens.

Take YouTube for example. The main page itself is slow to load. And when I click on a video to play, it either fails to load or loads but has horrible stutter. When I open up the Firefox Task Manager, every YouTube page shows it's using 100% CPU.

I've enjoyed using Firefox for years, but I'll be moving on to different browser now.

I started noticing that Firefox was giving me a lot of "not responding" freezes the past couple of weeks. The past couple of days I basically cannot access Firefox at all - constant, immediate freezing. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling (multiple times), disabling hardware acceleration, running troubleshooter mode (still freezes! if it opens at all!), deleting profiles, restarting my computer, etc. I've done just about everything I can find online about this issue. Nothing has worked. I have no issues with Chrome or Edge.

Any suggestions??

My system froze abruptly while I was browsing on Firefox. Cursor was useless. What should I do if/when that happens again? And how can I prevent the freeze from happening?

Windows 11 desktop - latest version with previews.

Within the last week or so, my mouse has started moving very slowly within Firefox. I've tried refreshing and reinstalling Firefox (which is up to date) and deactivating all extensions. However, this makes no difference.

If this can't be fixed, I will seriously consider using another browser as my default in Windows (long time Firefox user).

Mine can be perfectly fine after a fresh restart, then after a few days with a bunch of tabs open it starts getting sluggish.

Closing a bunch of tabs helps, but I’m wondering if there’s something else going on. Curious what other people have experienced.

when i use firefox browser it is lagging too much even if its youtube,chatgpt or a react web app i try to run locally it is lagging very very much when i use other browser there is no issues i really liked firefox and dont prefer to switch, what should i do

Bonjour, depuis la dernière mise à jour, quand je me mets en mode plein écran, ma barre des tâches reste présente et seulement sur firefox . J'ai déjà essayé de désactiver accélération materielle et tout le tralala de l'intélligence artificielle à tester mais rien n'y fait . Si je reviens en mode normal sur une vidéo et remettre ensuite plein écran au bout de 2 ou 3 tentatives, la barre s'éfface mais c'est assez ennervant à faire alors que depuis plus de 20 ans cela n'était jamais arrivé . D'autres personnes on rencontrés ce problème de puis la dernière mise à jour de firefox? Je répete que sur opera,brave et edge le problème est inexistant

So normally firefox uses a reasonable amount of ram but sometimes the amount of ram usage almost doubles, then if I try to change tabs the program freezes. I then have to wait for firefox to stop using the excess of ram and return back to normal levels.

I believe this mainly happens when I have youtube or reddit open but I have no idea how to fix this.

I have already tried reinstalling firefox and deleting/changing extensions. The current extension i have on is adguard adblocker and no others.

Hello, Might the "do not sell" signal (that firefox offer to send automatically to website) slow the browsing please ? I can't figure out if it is a whole request to send in addition or just few bit more in the initial one, or something else I don't have in mind. I'm currently struggling with lots of tabs slowing my computer, even paralyzing the mouse . I try to optimize as I need to keep my tabs, but I don't what is the best way to manage that. Are the tabs less expansive than using windows, for the memory ? Could the groups of tabs lighten the storage ? Is it better (and more usable! ) to bookmark or add to "the task bar" when we just need to keep the adress to use it later ? Actually, is there a doc already answering to that please ?

I hope you might understand my bad english and that sometimes, we can't find other way than keeping too many tabs.

Thank you, Erin

I’ve noticed that Firefox gets noticeably slower the longer I leave it open. Pages that normally load quickly start taking several seconds, scrolling can become a little laggy, and sometimes a tab will just sit there before responding. Closing and reopening Firefox fixes it for a while, but the problem eventually comes back.

I’ve already tried clearing the cache and disabling a few extensions, but I still see the same thing. I usually have quite a few tabs open because of work and research.

Is there a setting or troubleshooting step I should check to figure out what is causing this?

Hi Mozilla Support Team,

We are testing our commuter booking web application (carliftdubaitoabudhabiae.com) on Firefox for Android (v128+).

Our web app relies on real-time Geolocation APIs to show passengers their pickup points and Web Push Notifications for schedule updates. However, we are noticing a few technical issues specific to Firefox Mobile:

Geolocation Prompt Delay: When users open the booking map, the browser location permission prompt takes 4–5 seconds to load compared to Chrome.

PWA Service Worker Caching: After updating route schedules on the server, Firefox Mobile sometimes serves stale cached assets even after clear cache commands.

Are there specific Service Worker or Manifest configurations recommended for Firefox Mobile to ensure fast real-time location updates for transport web apps?

Thanks for any technical guidance!

Hello

I have Firefox 154.0 on my 2 PCs that have Windows 11 and both computers are updated fully as of 22nd August 2026 with both Windows updates and Nvidia drivers.

Background: On my 2 PCs I have an "old" stationary PC with Geforce 1070 TI card, and I have a laptop Asus Vivobook 15 PRO with a Geforce GTX 4600 card. Both computers working fine and no issues so far.

Symptoms: I updated Firefox. Note! I always update Firefox on my computers, so it wasn't a clean install of the browser. And suddenly on both computers there were black artifacts all over screen and flickering when scrolling on Facebook or Youtube. Also even worse on sites were you drag a div and the browser turns into a 1-bit disco.

Workaround that seems to be working for me: I went to about:settings and searched for hardware on my laptop (the one with 4600 card) and searched for "hardware". Then I disabled the hardware acceleration thing, or whatever it was, but unchecking the result after search. Then I restarted my laptop not using hardware acceleration and it worked fine.

Then again I search about:settings for hardware and checked the bottom of the 2, not sure what the first one was. And restarted computer.

Now I don't have those black artifacts and flickering any more.

Not sure if that somehow triggered something that works for fresh installs or not.

Anyway... I can't submit a ticket since I can't reproduce the error it's no point submitting to Bugzilla. But hopefully this makes sense anyways... But I'm pretty sure you guys are aware of this issue already. But posting anyways in case it might help.

Hi Mozilla Support Team,

I am experiencing severe browser lag and high CPU usage on Firefox specifically when managing complex backend forms and inventory management scripts on our e-commerce operations portal.

The page script execution freezes when opening multiple tabs alongside developer console tools. I have already cleared cache and disabled third-party extensions, but memory leaks still happen during heavy DOM rendering.

Is there a specific setting in about:config or hardware acceleration flag recommended for heavy web app environments?

Thanks!

I've been testing a browser-based metronome in Firefox and noticed that the audio click can sometimes feel slightly out of sync with the visual beat. It isn't a complete audio failure—the metronome keeps running and produces sound—but the timing can feel a little delayed or inconsistent, especially when using it at faster BPMs. The site I'm testing with is TheTapTempo's online metronome. I'm trying to figure out whether this is related to Firefox's handling of web audio or whether the delay is more likely to come from the system/audio device. A few things I'm wondering about: • Could Firefox's Web Audio timing cause a small difference between the scheduled beat and when the sound is actually heard? • Could Bluetooth headphones make the problem more noticeable because of their audio latency? • Can Firefox extensions or hardware acceleration affect the timing of browser-based audio? • Is there a Firefox setting or diagnostic mode that would be useful for testing this? • Would comparing the same metronome in Firefox and another browser help determine whether the issue is Firefox-specific? I've also noticed that the perceived timing can depend on the audio output being used, so I'm not sure whether this should be treated as a Firefox issue or an audio-device latency issue. What's the best way to troubleshoot this in Firefox?

My summary says it all, really. There's not much more that I can add, except that I have used Firefox for many years and have never had this problem before. The index page itself is fine when I view it in Firefox. And if I right-click the page and view its source code, everything is there. Furthermore, I have no difficulty in editing the page in other browsers. (Since this problem arose, I have been using the Norton browser. But I have also been able to scroll down to the end of the source code in Google Chrome.)